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Inhibition of Palm Oil Oxidation by Zeolite Nanocrystals Kok-Hou Tan, Hussein Awala, Rino R. Mukti, Ka-Lun Wong, Baptiste Rigaud, Tau-Chuan Ling, Hristiyan A. Aleksandrov, Iskra Z. Koleva, Georgi N. Vayssilov, Svetlana Mintova, and Eng-Poh Ng J. Agric. Food Chem., Just Accepted Manuscript • Publication Date (Web): 21 Apr 2015 Downloaded from http://pubs.acs.org on April 22, 2015

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Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Inhibition of Palm Oil Oxidation by Zeolite Nanocrystals

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Kok-Hou Tan,1,# Hussein Awala,2,# Rino R. Mukti,3 Ka-Lun Wong,4 Baptiste Rigaud,2 Tau-

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Chuan Ling,5 Hristiyan A. Aleksandrov,6 Iskra Z. Koleva,6 Georgi N. Vayssilov,6 Svetlana

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Mintova,2,* Eng-Poh Ng1,*

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Division of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia 4

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Laboratoire Catalyse & Spectrochimie, CNRS-ENSICAEN, Université de Caen, France 3

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National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Institute of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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School of Chemical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia

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Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Sofia, 1126 Sofia, Bulgaria

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The efficiency of zeolite X nanocrystals (FAU-type framework structure) containing different

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extra-framework cations (Li+, Na+, K+ and Ca2+) in slowing down the thermal oxidation of

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palm oil is reported. The oxidation study of palm oil is conducted in the presence of zeolite

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nanocrystals (0.5 wt.%) at 180 °C. Several characterization techniques such as visual analysis,

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colorimetry, rheometry, total acid number (TAN), FT-IR spectroscopy,

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spectroscopy and Karl-Fischer analyses are applied to follow the oxidative evolution of the

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oil. It was found that zeolite nanocrystals decelerate the oxidation of palm oil through

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stabilization of hydroperoxides, which are the primary oxidation product, and concurrently

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via adsorption of the secondary oxidation products (alcohols, aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic

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H NMR

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acids, and esters). In addition to the experimental results, periodic density functional theory

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(DFT) calculations are performed to elucidate further on the oxidation process of the palm oil

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in the presence of zeolite nanocrystals. The DFT calculations show that the metal complexes

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formed with peroxides are more stable than the complexes with alkenes with the same ions.

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The peroxides captured in the X zeolite nanocrystals consequently decelerate further

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oxidation toward formation of acids. Unlike the monovalent alkali metal cations in the X

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zeolite nanocrystals (K+, Na+ and Li+), the Ca2+ reduced the acidity of the oil by neutralizing

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the acidic carboxylate compounds to COO–(Ca2+)1/2 species.

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KEYWORDS: Palm oil; oxidation; inhibition; zeolite nanocrystals; extra-framework

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cations

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INTRODUCTION

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The overwhelming of palm oil global production (30 % of global vegetable oil output)

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and trade volume (60 % of global exports) are due to its cheaper production cost and non-

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toxic nature. The palm oil has been utilized as a base oil in formulating lubricant due to its

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favorable viscosity-temperature characteristics, high flash point, and compatibility with

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mineral oil and additive molecules.1,2 However, the low thermal and oxidative stability, poor

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low-temperature fluidity and hydrolytic instability limit the use of palm oil as long-life

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cooking oil for deep-frying culinary purposes. Previous studies have been reported that

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heated cooking oils may pose health risks to consumers due to the generation of oil oxidation

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products.3-5 Although natural antioxidants can improve the oxidation stability of vegetable oil,

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but their performances are usually rely very much on the oil composition, heating

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temperature and the presence of other additives.6 Thus, thermally stable, low cost and


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environmentally safe antioxidant additives are desired to replace the traditional antioxidants

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in inhibiting the oil oxidation particularly in food industry.

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Zeolites are aluminosilicate microporous solids with well-defined pores and cages,

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which are commonly used as heterogeneous catalysts, ion-exchangers and adsorbents. In our

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previous investigation, zeolite nanocrystals (NCs) were used as selective adsorbents for the

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oil purification.7-9 It is based on the fact that zeolite molecular sieves with electrostatic

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charged framework tend to adsorb and trap polar compounds (e.g. moisture contaminant and

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carbonyl oxidized products) in the pores of zeolites without interacting with the non-polar oil

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molecules. As a result, the oxidized mineral oil after purification can be recycled and re-used

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with longer service lifetime. Recently, the use of zeolite NCs as eco-friendly anti-oxidant

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additive was also reported.10,11 Zeolite NCs with different framework type structures (LTL,

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EMT and FAU) were found to possess distinctive anti-oxidation behavior in palm oil during

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oxidation at high temperature (180 °C) for a long period of time (40 days).10,11 It was shown

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that the delay of oxidation progress is the result of free radicals inactivation, C=C bonds

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stabilization and also adsorption of polar primary (hydroperoxides) and secondary

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(carboxylic acids) oxidation products, which is greatly depending on the hydrophilicity, pore

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openings and framework type of the zeolites.

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Contrary to the well-understood mechanism of chemical reactions contributed by

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protonated forms of zeolites (Brönsted acids), the chemical properties in cation-exchanged

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zeolites remains the subject of intense study. The extra-framework cations are compensating

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the negatively charged framework of zeolites and they are reactive and readily interact with a

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variety of guest molecules.12,13 This is due to the van der Waals and Coulombic interaction

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between the extra-framework cations and the guest molecules. The charge, polarizability,

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deformation ability and influence of non-framework cations on the homogeneity of the

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framework electric field will eventually affect the sorption and stabilization of diffused



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species since these cations are capable to generate strong local electrical fields. Thus

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attracting the negative centers of polar molecules and polarizing or deforming the polarizable

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molecules through static electric induction was observed.14,15

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Synthetic high alumina containing zeolites (FAU, LTA) having alkali and alkaline

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earth metals as extra-framework cations have been extensively studied, and mainly used as

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selective adsorbents and for separation of oxygen from air. However, the effect of these

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cation-exchanged zeolites in oil oxidation has not been investigated. On the other hand, it has

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been shown that nanosized zeolites prepared via template-free synthesis method do not cause

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toxicity under cell viability and cell life cycle studies (evaluation of living or dead cells due

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to toxins was reported).16 Hence these zeolites prepared from template-free precursor

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suspensions can be considered as additives in palm oil. Furthermore, nanosized zeolites can

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be incorporated in membranes or deposited as thin film on the culinary tools for deep-frying,

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apart than been added directly into the cooking oil.

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Herein, we report the influence of extra-framework cations in nanosized FAU type

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zeolite (X type) on the oxidation process of palm oil. Nanosized zeolite X samples with four

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different types of extra-framework cations (Li+, Na+, K+ and Ca2+) are prepared and added as

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additives during thermal oxidation of the palm oil. The oil oxidative evolution is then

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characterized and followed by various analytical methods. In addition periodic DFT

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calculations are performed in order to clarify the effect of extra-framework cations on the

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chemical interactions and binding energy during the host-guest interactions.

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EXPERIMENTAL SECTION

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Synthesis and Ion Exchange of Zeolite Nanocrystals. The sodium form of zeolite X

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(Na-X) nanocrystals (ca. 30 nm) was synthesized without organic template.17 The Li-, K- and

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Ca-X NCs were prepared through ion exchange method. Typically, 1.50 g of zeolite powder


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was stirred in 100 mL of nitrate solution of the targeted metal cations (0.50 mol/L) at 60 °C

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for 6 h. The process was repeated for 5 times by separating supernatant from mother liquid,

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re-dispersing in metal nitrate solution and carrying on with aforementioned ion exchange

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process to ensure that the highest possible ion exchange was achieved. The samples after ion-

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exchanged were then washed thoroughly (pH = 7.5) prior to freeze-drying.

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Oxidation of Palm Oil. Zeolite nanocrystals (0.250 g equivalent to 0.5 wt.%) were activated

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at 180 °C overnight prior adding into 50.00 g palm oil. The oxidation process was carried out

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at 150 °C under continuous stirring (300 rpm) and reflux; the oil samples were periodically

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collected after 100 h, 200 h, 300 h and 400 h. The zeolite NCs were recovered from the oils

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via centrifugation (25000 rpm, 2 h). For comparison, similar amount of palm oil (50.00 g)

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without zeolite NCs was also oxidized at the same oxidation conditions and denoted as a

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reference sample (Reference).

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Characterization. The X-ray diffraction (XRD) patterns of zeolite samples were recorded

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using a PANalytical X’Pert PRO XRD diffractometer. The morphology of the as synthesized

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and ion exchanged zeolite nanocrystals was evaluated by field emission scanning electron

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microscope (FE-SEM) using a Leo Supra 50VP with an accelerating voltage of 30 kV. The

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porosity of the samples was determined by nitrogen sorption with a Micromeritics ASAP

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2010 instrument. The chemical composition of all zeolite samples was measured by induced

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couple plasma using an Agilent 720 Series ICP-OES spectrometer. The IR spectra of zeolites

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were recorded using a Perkin-Elmer 3000 FTIR spectrophotometer. The thermal stability of

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the zeolites was measured using a Mettler TGA SDTA851 instrument with a heating rate of

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10 C/min under nitrogen flow.

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Evaluation of the Oxidation Degree of Palm Oil. Visual analysis of oil samples was carried

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out by following their color change after 100 h, 200 h, 300 h and 400 h of oxidation at 150 °C.

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Colorimetric measurements of oil samples were performed using a Shimadzu UV 3000



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spectrophotometer at 530 nm; fresh palm oil was used as a reference. Two measurements

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were made for each oil sample, and no difference was observed. Qualitative information for

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the formation of carbonyl compounds, hydroperoxides and moisture in the oil samples was

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obtained by recording the IR spectra. The IR measurements (50 scans, 4 cm-1) were

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performed on 0.5 mL of oil introduced in a ZnSe liquid cell (1 mm spacer).

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The rheological behavior of the oils was investigated by a Malvern Kinexus

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Rheometer. The analysis was performed twice for each sample and the average values were

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used for plotting the results. The amount of moisture and organic compounds adsorbed by the

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zeolite nanocrystals was measured by a Mettler TGA SDTA851 instrument with a heating

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rate of 10 °C/min under air flow.

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The water content in oil was measured using a volumetric Karl Fischer titrator. The

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Karl Fischer titration system (Metrohm) was charged with Hydranal® Composite-2 reactant

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(Riedel-de Häan), Hydranal® Solvent CM (Riedel-de Häan). All samples were analyzed twice

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to obtain average values by direct injection without preliminary treatment.

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Potassium hydroxide (KOH) titrimetric method was applied to determine the Total

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Acid Number (TAN) of the oil samples. Typically, 0.200 g of oil was mixed with 2.000 g of

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mixture containing of water : isopropanol : toluene with a molar ratio equal to 1 : 30 : 20,

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followed by addition of 3 drops of phenolphthalein indicator. The resulting solution was

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titrated with 0.01 mol/L ethanolic KOH solution until a color change was observed. The

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results were recorded and the TAN was calculated as mg KOH/g oil using the following

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equation:

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TAN (mg KOH/g oil)=

∙∙

(Eq. 1)

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where V is the volume (mL) and M is the molarity (mol/L) of the ethanolic KOH solution, Mr

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is the molar mass of KOH (g/mol) and m is the mass (g) of the oil sample. Two titrations of

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H NMR analyses were performed using a Bruker AVIII spectrometer operating at a

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frequency of 500 MHz with the following acquisition parameters: pulse sequence zg30,

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acquisition time 3.17 s, relaxation delay 5 s, pulse width 30 for 512 scans. Prior to analysis,

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the oil samples were dissolved in deuterated chloroform (CDCl3) (mass ratio of zeolite:

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CDCl3 = 1 : 3); tetramethylsilane (TMS) was used as an internal standard.

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DFT Modeling of the Interaction of Absorbates with Metal Ions in Zeolite Nanocrystals.

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Periodic density functional theory (DFT) calculations were performed with the PW91

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exchange-correlation functional18 using a Vienna ab initio simulation package (VASP).19,20

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Ultrasoft pseudopotentials were used as implemented in the VASP package.21,22 Due to the

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large unit cell of the zeolites, the Brillouin zone was sampled using only the Γ point.23 The

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valence wave functions were expanded in a plane-wave basis with a cutoff energy of 400 eV.

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The unit cell of the cubic FAU type zeolite was optimized using a pure silica structure

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with dimensions a = b = c = 24.345 Å.24 During the geometry optimization, all the zeolite

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atoms and the adsorbate species were allowed to relax until the force on each atom was less

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than 2×10−4 eV/pm. The binding energy (BE) of the adsorbates hydroperoxides (C2H5OOH

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and HOOH), and alkenes including ethene (C2H4) and cis-butene (C4H8) per ligand was

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determined as:

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BE[adsorbate/Zeo] = {E[adsorbate/Zeo] - E[Zeo] - E[adsorbate]}

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where E[adsorbate/Zeo] is the energy of the zeolite together with the adsorbed molecule in

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the optimized geometry; E[Zeo] and E[adsorbate] are the energies of the pure zeolite and

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pure adsorbate molecule in the gas phase, respectively. With the above definition, the

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negative values of BE imply favorable interactions.

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RESULTS AND DISCUSSION



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Ion Exchanged Zeolite Nanocrystals. The degree of crystallinity and phase purity of FAU

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zeolite NCs are characterized by XRD. The XRD patterns of all zeolite samples show that the

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peaks intensity remains intact and no phase transformation occurs, revealing that the degree

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of crystallinity and phase purity do not change after ion exchange (See Supplementary

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Information: Figure S1). Besides, the FE-SEM analyses reveal that the size and morphology

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of zeolite NCs retain stable after ion exchange. All the crystals have a narrow particle size

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distribution and diameter of 20-40 nm (Figure 1).

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The schematic structure of zeolite X and the potential positions (I, I’, II, II’, III and

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III’) to be occupied by its charge compensating cations are shown (ESI: Figure S2) and the

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results from the chemical analysis of zeolite NCs exchanged with alkali metal and alkali earth

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metal cations are also listed (Table S1). As can be seen, zeolite X with the FAU framework

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topology containing pore with a size of 0.74 nm and supercages made up of sodalite cage

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connected via double 6-rings. The zeolite X nanocrystals have a Si/Al ratio of ca. 1.3. After

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five cycles of ion exchange at 60 °C, the Li-X, K-X and Ca-X zeolite are successfully

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prepared while keeping the same Si/Al ratio. In all cases, not 100 % exchange of Na+ is

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attained (Table S1). The highest degree of exchange of Na-X is achieved for Ca2+ (88 %),

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followed by K+ (86 %) and Li+ (74 %). Their different ionic radiuses of univalent and

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divalent cations explain the various degree of ion exchange of Na+ in zeolite X.25 On the

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other hand, Li-X has the lowest degree of ion exchange, which can be due to its high

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hydration energy, high mobility, and low occupancy of certain sites.26-28

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The porosity of zeolite nanocrystals after ion exchange was probed by N2 sorption

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analysis. All samples exhibits Type I isotherm at low P/P0, which is characteristic for

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microporous materials (Figure 2). A high adsorption uptake at P/P0 > 0.8 is due to the textural

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mesoporosity resulting from the close packing of zeolite NCs. From the N2 sorption

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isotherms, it can be seen that the N2 uptake at low P/P0 is inversely proportional to the size of


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cations (Table S1, inset of Figure 2). As a result, Li-X zeolite exhibits the highest BET

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surface area and pore volumes (both Vmicro and Vmeso), whereas the K-X zeolite containing

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larger cation K+ (1.33 Å) gives the lowest porosity (Tables S1 and S2). Ca2+ (0.99 Å) is

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almost similar to Na+ (0.97 Å) in size, but Ca2+ is a divalent ion and the amount of Ca2+ in the

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Ca-X zeolite is lower. As a result, a slightly increased surface area and pore volume is

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measured for the Ca-X zeolite. Thus, the results from nitrogen sorption are in agreement with

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the chemical analysis data, demonstrating that the porosity is slightly affected by the size and

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the number of cations introduced in zeolite X via ion exchange.

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Characterization of Palm Oil Oxidation

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Color Change and Colorimetry Analysis of Palm Oil. Color change is a simple indication

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for oil degradation. Basically, the reference oil containing no zeolites shows faster color

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change where the oil color progressively turns from yellow to amber, dark brown and finally

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black color as the severity of the oxidation conditions was increased with time (photo not

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shown here). The reference oil sample also has a strong smell resulting from volatile organic

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acids or carbonyl compounds, showing that the oil is degraded. The appearance of oil

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samples containing zeolite NCs (Na-, Li-, K- and Ca-X) as a function of oxidation time is

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shown in Figure 3. As can be seen, the oils oxidized with zeolites have brighter color where

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highly basic K-X displays the brightest color even after 400 h of oxidation. The color change

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was also found to follow the polarizability/basicity of the cations present in the zeolite X: Li+

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< Na+ < Ca2+ < K+.

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The oxidative deterioration of palm oil is always associated with darkening effect.

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Some organic substances are responsible for the development of color in oil during

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autoxidation. For example, the oxidation of carotene, which naturally exists in palm oil, can



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cause increasing red and yellow colors in vegetable oils.29 Apart from carotene, high

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molecular weight compounds are also accountable for the color change of palm cooking oil.6

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The color change was also characterized quantitatively using colorimetry at

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wavelength, λ = 530 nm where the signal at this wavelength is strongly influenced by the

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degree of oil deterioration.30

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As observed by visual analysis, the reference oil evidenced a fast increment in light

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absorption, and the absorbance value increased tremendously from 3.49 (at 200 h) to 47.11

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(at 400 h) (Figure 4). The addition of zeolite NCs to the palm oil lower down significantly the

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level of oil darkness. As shown, the control of absorbance values is highly dependent on the

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polarizability/basicity of the non-framework cations. Particularly, the oil samples oxidized

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with highly basic Ca-X and K-X zeolite NCs exhibit much slower increment in absorbance

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intensity before 300 h, where only about 0.95 of light absorbance was recorded. After 400 h

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of oxidation, the palm oil with Ca-X zeolite has the lowest absorbance value of 4.89, whereas

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the palm oil containing K-X has an absorbance value of 5.20. On the other hand, less basic

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Li-X and Na-X were less effective in controlling the oil darkening; an absorbance value of

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7.15 and 5.64 was measured, respectively, after 400 h of oxidation.

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Viscosity and Acidity Changes of Palm Oil. Rheometry was used to determine the fluidity

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of the palm oil samples as a function of oxidation time (Figure 5). At the beginning, the fresh

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oil had a viscosity value as low as 72 cSt. With increasing the oxidation time, each oil sample

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experienced different extent of viscosity elevation. The rate of oil thickening was

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significantly reduced when zeolite X NCs were added. For instance, the viscosity of palm oil

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with K-X NCs increased slowly to 912 cSt after 400 h of oxidation, which was 5 times lower

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than that of the oxidized reference oil (4426 cSt). The rate of viscosity change with time was

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also calculated based on the slope of the original function (dη/dt), where this derivative

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enables to correlate cation properties with oil viscosity at any instant (Figure 5b). The results


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show that the control of oil viscosity in the presence of zeolite NCs is depending on the

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cations charge density and polarizability. For example, larger extra-framework cations with

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low charge density such as K+ (0.101 e/Å3) and Na+ (0.268 e/Å3) have better performance in

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resisting to the change in viscosity of palm oil than Li+ (0.779 e/Å3) and Ca2+ (0.505 e/Å3).31

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Thus, the results show that the oil oxidized with K-X zeolite has the lowest viscosity due to

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the presence of low concentration of polymeric oxidized compounds.

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Furthermore, the oil viscosity and oil darkening are also related with the oil acidity

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because the presence of polar acidic groups (oxidized products) tends to enhance the polarity

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of oil molecules, thus attracting the organic compounds and resulting in bulkier molecules.

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Typically, the acidic compounds are mainly alcohols, aldehydes, lactones and carboxylic

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acids. These oxidation products, which contain acidic protons, are formed as a result of

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scission reactions of unsaturated fatty acid chain during oxidative chain reaction.32 The

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acidity of oil was evaluated based on the Total Acid Number (TAN) measurements of the oil

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samples. As expected, the trend of oil acidity is almost similar to the trend of viscosity of oil,

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where the reference oil shows fast increment in the TAN value, i.e. 46.83 mg KOH/g oil of

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TAN was recorded after 400 h (Figure 6a). In contrast, the oils with zeolite NCs exhibit slow

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rise in acidity. The acidity of the oils containing zeolite nanocrystals is approximately 4 times

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lower than that of reference oil. The derivative measurement of the instantaneous changes in

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the TAN value of oil samples was also performed, and the plot is shown in Figure 6b. It can

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be clearly seen that the oils oxidized with highly basic K-X zeolite has the lowest rate of

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TAN values change, indicating that K-X is the most effective in controlling the oil

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deterioration. While, the basic divalent cation in sample Ca-X has comparable performance to

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sample Na-X in halting oil oxidation, followed by Li-X. Thus, the similarity of trend in the

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TAN plot to those of colorimetry and rheometry provide a strong proof to the existence of



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relationship between the oil composition, the rate of oil darkening and the total acidic

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compounds produced, which is consistent with our previous finding.10

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Oil Oxidation Followed by FTIR and 1H NMR Spectroscopy. FTIR spectroscopy was

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further applied to study the development of carbonyl-oxidized products in the oil (vibrations

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in the range 1900‒1400 cm-1). Mainly, four signals are slowly developed at 1784 cm-1, 1743

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cm-1, 1703 cm-1 and 1655 cm-1 during the oxidation process of oil, which correspond to

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lactones, esters, carboxylic acids and water, respectively (inset of Figure 7). The reference

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sample (oil without zeolite) experiences fast peak broadening and significant baseline offset

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at 1680‒1740 cm-1 during the oxidation process (inset of Figure 7). Integration of the peak

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area (1690‒1725 cm-1) is used to provide a comprehensive view to the quantitative evolution

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of carboxylic acids along the oxidation for 400 h (Figure 7). The result reveals a sharp

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increase in peak area in the reference oil especially after 200 h of oxidation indicating the fast

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development of carbonyl-oxidized compounds in the palm oil. The addition of zeolite NCs,

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slows down oxidation, and the broadening of the IR peak at 1700-1800 cm-1, is indicating

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deceleration of carboxylic acids in the oil. The effect of extra-framework cations in halting

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oil oxidation is followed; the changes in the integrated peak area at 1700-1720 cm-1 show the

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dependency of carboxylic acid generation on the types of extra-framework cations in the

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zeolite nanocrystals. As can be seen, the production rate of carboxylic acid is directly

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proportional to the polarizability of the alkali metal cations (Figure 7). This is evidenced by

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the steeper slope of the curves obtained from the integrated peak area for oil samples treated

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with Li-X than those with K-X and Ca-X. Among all oil samples, the one containing K-X has

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the least steep slope suggesting that the oxidative inhibition of the zeolite improves with

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decreasing basicity.

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Additionally, the formation of hydroxyl compounds in the oil under oxidation is

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estimated using the FTIR data. The absorption band of alcohols (ca. 3615 cm-1), water (ca.


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3534 cm-1) and hydroperoxides (ca. 3468 cm-1) are overlapping, thus only indication for the

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overall development of these compounds in the oil samples is observed (ESI: Figure S3). The

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IR results reveal that the zeolites NCs are controlling the rate of formation of hydroxyl

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compounds in comparison to the oil free of zeolite (reference) during the oxidation process.

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The formation rate of hydroxyl compounds in the palm oil with Li-X is higher than those of

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Na-X, K-X and Ca-X oil samples, indicating that Ca-X and K-X are able to hinder the

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formation of hydroxyl compounds.

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Water is an undesirable oxidized byproduct because it catalyzes oil oxidation and

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promotes acid formation. Hence, the water content in the oil samples is evaluated using the

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area of the IR peaks in the region 3500-3350 cm-1. As can be seen, the peaks areas in this

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region increase with oxidation time, which is a clear indication for increase of water content

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during the oxidation process (ESI: Figure S3). Nevertheless, this region is not sensitive and

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accurate to determine the water content in oil media due to the disrupted O-H (alcohols,

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carboxylic acids and hydroperoxides) stretching vibration modes.33 Therefore, the moisture

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content was quantitatively measured with Karl Fischer titration method.

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The initial water content in the fresh palm oil is 826 ppm, which is less than 0.1 % of

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the mass of cooking oil – a desired level of water content according to Palm Oil Refiners

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Association of Malaysia (PORAM) specification (Figure 8).34 As can be seen, in the

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reference oil the water content during the oxidation process is increasing fast. This can be

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explained by the high oxidation rate of the oil where water is produced as a degradation by-

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product via condensation. In contrary, the oil samples containing zeolite NCs overall contain

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lower water content than the reference oil during the oxidation period. The moisture content

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in palm cooking oil is dropped during the first 200 h, which might be due to the adsorption of

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water in the zeolites. Since then, the quantity of water slowly increases, depending on the

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type of counter ions of zeolite X. The lowest water content after 400 h is detected in the oil



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with Ca-X (1498 ppm), while the oil with Li-X has the highest level of moisture (1696 ppm).

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These changes in water content can be explained by the effect of controlled thermal oxidation

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process. The better the zeolite in reducing the rate of oxidation, the slower the generation of

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water, and hence the lower amount of water is present in the oil.

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Furthermore, a detail study on the formation of carbonyl compounds including

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carboxylic acid (>9.6 ppm) and aldehydes (9.3 ppm‒9.6 ppm) using 1H NMR spectroscopy is

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performed. It is demonstrated that the cations with lower polarizability/lower basicity are

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acting less effectively in slowing down the formation of the acidic components in the palm

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oil (Figure 9). For instance, the formation of aldehydes and carboxylic acids in the palm oil

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oxidized in the presence of Li-X is faster than the oil containing more basic cations. Among

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all samples, the palm oil containing K+ with high cation polarizability has the least increment

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in both aldehyde and carboxylic contents, followed by the divalent Ca-X in halting oil

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oxidation possess.

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The different colors in oil samples can be due to the presence of high-molecular-

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weight polymeric oxidized compounds via intensive light absorption and scattering effect. In

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addition, different content of beta-carotene will also lead to different colors in oxidized oil

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samples as well. Hence, 1H NMR spectroscopy was used to detect the presence of beta-

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carotene in oil samples after 300 h of oxidation (ESI: Figure S4). These oil samples were

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selected since they exhibited colors significantly different from their counterparts. The 1H

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NMR spectra show the characteristics peaks of beta-carotene at 6.77 ppm arising from

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protons 11/11' (6.76 ppm) and protons 15/15' (6.74 ppm). In addition, protons 7/7' (6.24 ppm)

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together with protons 10/10' (6.23 ppm) show an overlapping signal at 6.24 ppm. The protons

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8/8' is found at 6.19 ppm.35 It can be seen that the peaks intensity of carotene in the oils

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oxidized with zeolite NCs is almost identical to that of reference oil, indicating that the


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oxidation rate of carotene is not affected by the presence of zeolite NCs. Thus, taking this fact

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into consideration, the change of oil color is mainly due to the oxidation products.

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Besides, the content of hydroperoxides in the palm oils is also followed by 1H NMR

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spectroscopy; the signal at ca. 8.80 ppm corresponds to hydroperoxide group (RO–OH).36 It

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can be seen that no peak is observed in the reference oil throughout the oxidation process

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showing that the hydroperoxides (primary oxidized products) is very unstable and they are

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directly converted into carboxylic acids, aldehydes, etc. (secondary oxidized products) (ESI:

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Figure S5). As a result, the oxidation rate and acidity of the palm oil increases. In contrast, a

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broad peak at 8.8 ppm is observed in all oils samples containing zeolite NCs during the first

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200 h, indicating their stabilization in the zeolite NCs (ESI: Figure S6). Thus, less secondary

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oxidized products (e.g. carboxylic acids and aldehydes) and lower TAN values are observed

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in these samples. Among four basic exchanged cations, the Ca2+ with the highest

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polarizability contributes the most significantly to the stabilizing of hydroperoxides, followed

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by K+, Na+ and Li+. The broad peak at 8.8 ppm, however, completely disappears after 300 h,

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and the oxidation rate increases as shown by colorimetry, TAN, rheometry and IR

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spectroscopic studies. This can be explained by competitive adsorption of primary and

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secondary oxidation products. The mechanism of oxidative inhibition of palm oil by zeolite

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NCs will be discussed further in Section 3.5.

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Characterization of Zeolite Nanocrystals after Oil Oxidation. The zeolite nanocrystals

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used during oil oxidation were separated from the oil and washed before subjected to

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characterization. Figure S7 shows the IR spectra of zeolite samples before and after used in

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oil oxidation. It can be seen that fresh Na-X has several peaks at 1006, 752, 670, 566, 459

368

cm-1 characteristic for the framework structure of zeolite X, and the peaks at 3410 and 1647

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cm-1 are due to adsorbed water. After oil oxidation, the IR bands of zeolite NCs remain

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unchanged indicating that the framework structure of all zeolite samples does not change



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after 400 h of oxidation. In addition, several peaks are observed at 2921, 2857, 1462 and

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1363 cm-1, which are attributed to the adsorption of organic molecules by the zeolite NCs.

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Furthermore, the hydroxyl band at 3410 cm-1 is broadened and slightly shifted to 3405 cm-1

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revealing that the zeolites adsorb also hydrocarbons containing hydroxyl groups such as

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alcohols and hydroperoxides. For zeolite NCs with monovalent cations, a signal at 1745 cm-1

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that corresponds to esters is overlapping with the signal of 1650 cm-1 (OH bending). Thus,

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the IR results conclude that the oxidative inhibition in oil by monovalent cation exchanged

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zeolite is not due to oxidation products removal action because no carboxylic acids are

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adsorbed (no peak is found at 1715 cm-1). On the other hand, the zeolite Ca-X containing

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divalent cations exhibits a strong peak at 1599 cm-1, which is corresponding to the COO-

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species.

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All zeolite used during the oxidation of palm oil are studied by TG/dTG analysis.

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Basically, all samples display two steps of weight losses. The zeolites adsorb almost similar

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amount of water (5.0 %), which is desorbed at 160 C (ESI: Figure S8a). However, the

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amount of organic compounds adsorbed and their desorption temperature vary depending on

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the type of zeolite nanocrystals. The Li-X with the largest surface area and pore volume

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adsorbs the highest amount of organic compounds (35.0 %) followed by Na-X (28.0 %) and

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K-X (23.0 %). The temperature of desorption is identifying the species adsorbed and also

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provides information on the strength of interaction between that compound and the counter

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cations of zeolite. The dTG curve of Li-X exhibits two signals at 275 °C and 338 °C (ESI:

391

Figure S8b) whereas only one signal around 301‒310 °C for samples Na-X and K-X is

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observed (ESI: Figure S8b). As seen, the desorption temperature for K-X is slightly lower

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than that of Na-X indicating that K-X has weaker interaction with the organic compounds due

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to its lower charge density. On the other hand, divalent cations in sample Ca-X adsorb about

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30 % of organic compounds, which is almost similar to Na-X. Three signals at 275 °C, 387


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°C and 433 °C for sample Ca-X are observed, showing that the Ca2+ has higher affinity to

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organic species than monovalent cations.

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Modeling of the Interaction of Peroxide and Alkene Complexes with Metal Ions in

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Zeolite Nanocrystals. Counter cations in the zeolites can interact with C=C bonds and

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hydroperoxides during the oil oxidation process. Therefore we consider adsorption of

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simplified hydroperoxides (e.g. HOOH and C2H5OOH) and alkenes (e.g. ethene and cis-

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butene) on the M-X zeolites (M = Li, Na, K, Ca). The calculations show that the counter

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cations introduced in the zeolite X more preferably interact with the hydroperoxides than

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with the alkenes. As shown in Table S3, the binding energy of peroxides (from –50 to –109

405

kJ/mol) with the metal cations is much higher than that of the binding energy of alkenes

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(from –17 to –69 kJ/mol), which clearly indicates that the extra-framework cations of zeolite

407

X tend to stabilize peroxides. This result is in good agreement with the 1H NMR spectroscopy

408

data where large concentration of hydroperoxides is detected in the oil containing zeolite

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nanocrystals during the first 200 h of oxidation and thus, the decomposition rate of

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hydroperoxide is decelerated due to the stabilization of hydroperoxides by the extra-

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framework cations (ESI: Figure S6). On the other hand, basic counter cations have lower

412

tendency to interact with the alkenes as indicated by their lower binding energy (from –17 to

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–69 kJ/mol). An attempt to investigate the effect of addition of methyl and ethyl groups in the

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alkene molecules on the binding energy is made. The DFT calculations reveal that the

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insertion of alkyl groups in the alkene chain has insignificant effect (C=C< + ROO•

>C=O + >C=O + R•

(5)

457

Polymerization

: R• + R’• → R‒R’ (high molecular weight compounds)

(6)

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and Termination

: ROO• + R• → ROOR

(7)

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When the zeolite NCs containing different alkali metal cations are added during oil

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oxidation, the oxidation process pathway is altered, and the oxidation rate is slowed down.

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Initially, the hydrocarbons are oxidized to hydroperoxides. In the presence of zeolites, the

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hydroperoxides are stabilized by the extra-framework cations and thus, the decomposition

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rate of the hydroperoxides is decelerated (Equations 2a and 3a). This process is confirmed by

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the 1H NMR spectroscopy results and supported by the periodic DFT calculations. The palm

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oil with zeolite NCs have large amount of hydroperoxides as proven by the presence of a

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broad signal at 8.8 ppm in the 1H NMR spectra. As a result, this reaction becomes a limitation

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step to inhibit the oxidation reaction. Thus, a slow oxidation process of the palm oil is

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observed during the first 200 h by colorimetry, rheometry, TAN and IR spectroscopy



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analyses (Figures 4‒7). Among the exchanged cations, the divalent Ca2+ with the highest ion

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polarizability stabilizes the peroxides better than the monovalent K+, Na+ and Li+ cations. The stabilizing effect by extra-framework cations, however, becomes weaker and the

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1

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oxidation and polymerization increase after 300 h. At this stage, the zeolites are also

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behaving as oxidative inhibitors by adsorbing oxidation products such as alcohols,

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hydroperoxides, esters, water, etc. Unlike monovalent alkali metal cations exchanged zeolites,

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the alkaline earth Ca-X also reduced the acidity of the oil by neutralizing the acidic

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carboxylate compounds to COO–(Ca2+)1/2 species as proven by IR spectroscopy (ESI: Figure

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S7) and DFT simulations (Figure 10, Table S3).

H NMR signal at 8.8 ppm completely disappears after 300 h (ESI: Figure S6). Hence, the oil

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CONCLUSIONS

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This work reveals the effect of extra-framework cations in zeolite X nanocrystals on

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the oxidation of palm oil. The results show that the anti-oxidation behaviour of zeolite

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nanocrystals depends on basicity, charge density and polarizability of the counter cations of

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the zeolites. Li-X zeolite nanocrystals with the lowest cation polarizability are found to have

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the lowest oxidative inhibition activity, while the highly basic and highly polarized K-X

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zeolite nanocrystals are the best candidate to hinder oil oxidation. The effect of zeolite

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nanocrystals on oil oxidation is found to be different for mono- and divalent cations

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containing materials. According to 1H NMR spectroscopy and periodic DFT calculation, all

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counter ions, especially Ca2+ with bidentate property, are able to stabilize the hydroperoxides,

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which are the primary oxidation products, and hence, the decomposition rate of

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hydroperoxides and the propagation step are decelerated. Furthermore, the adsorption is also

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another mechanism in halting oil degradation by removing the harmful compounds such as

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esters, alcohols, water and hydroperoxides as revealed by IR spectroscopy. For Ca-X zeolite


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nanocrystals, the bidentate capability of Ca2+ leads to neutralization of the acidic carboxylate

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compounds that reduces the acidity of the oil and further decelerates of oil oxidation process.

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ASSOCIATED CONTENT

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Supporting Information

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X-ray diffraction patterns of zeolite samples; FTIR spectra of oil samples; 1H NMR spectra of

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palm oil (6.0-7.2 ppm and 8.5-9.3 ppm) oxidized at 150 °C; 1H NMR spectra of the palm oil

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oxidized in the presence of zeolites; FTIR spectra of zeolite samples; TGA and dTG of

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zeolite nanocrystals after 400 h of oxidation. These materials are available free of charge via

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the Internet at http://pubs.acs.org.

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Corresponding Authors

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Email (SM): [email protected]; (EPN): [email protected]

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These authors contributed equally to this work as first author.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

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The authors would like to acknowledge Bio-Asia Program and FRGS (203/PKIMIA/6711362)

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research grants for financial support. Kok-Hou Tan would also like to thank the MyBrain and

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USM fellowship for the scholarship provided.

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Figure 1. SEM images of (a) Li-X, (b) Na-X, (c) K-X, and (d) Ca-X zeolite nanocrystals.

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Scale bar M = 500 nm.

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Figure 2. Nitrogen adsorption (close symbols) and desorption (open symbols) isotherms of

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zeolites Li-X, Na-X, K-X and Ca-X.

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Figure 3. Color change of palm oil with increasing oxidation time (a) 100 h, (b) 200 h, (c)

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300 h and (d) 400 h.

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Figure 4. Colorimetric evaluation of palm oil samples oxidized with and without zeolites Li-

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X, K-X, Na-X, and Ca-X.

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Figure 5. (a) Viscosity of palm oil samples with or without zeolites Li-X, K-X, Na-X, and

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Ca-X with oxidation time, and (b) plot of dη/dt versus time showing the increasing rate of

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viscosity of the oil samples.

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Figure 6. (a) Development of TAN and (b) differential function of TAN of palm oil samples

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with or without zeolites Li-X, K-X, Na-X, and Ca-X with oxidation time. Inset in (b)

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magnification of the plot is shown.

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Figure 7. Development of integrated IR peak area (1690-1725 cm-1) corresponding to the

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carboxylic acids formed during the oxidation of palm oil with and without zeolites Li-X, K-X,

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Na-X, and Ca-X. Inset: FTIR spectra of reference oil in the range of 1550-1900 cm-1. The

661

pink area indicates the region used for integration of peak area.

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Figure 8. Change in water content of oxidized palm oil samples with and without zeolites Li-

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X, K-X, Na-X, and Ca-X with oxidation time.

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Figure 9. 1H NMR spectra of palm oil samples oxidized with and without zeolites Li-X, K-X,

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Na-X, and Ca-X for (a) 100 h, (b) 200 h, (c) 300 h and (d) 400 h.

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Figure 10. Optimized structures in periodic models. Local structures of selected complexes:

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(a) Ca2+(CH3CH2OOH) and (b) Na+(CH3CH2OOH). (c) Location of the complexes in the

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cavity of the FAU type structure, represented by Ca2+(CH3CH2OOH). Color coding: red – O,

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gray – Si, blue – Al, white – H, green – Ca, light blue – Na.

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